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Jan 01, 2025

Newt's Nightmares

Happy New Year, my wicked darlings!

What a year! Well, TBH it was a year of trials. Despite that, it was overall pretty successful.

Normally, I aim to release twenty stories a year. This year, however, I only managed to send nine stories your way. With no house moves and a somewhat more stable noggin, I plan to return to form with twenty new stories for you in 2025.

But, recriminations aside, these are the stories that were published in 2024. Which was your favourite?

A Portrait of Sin - The Renaissance - Splatterpunk (Available in Tales of the Macabre, Vol. 3)
Dark Waters - Contemporary - Supernatural (Read online HERE)
The Butcher of Bath - Contemporary - Paranormal (Available in Tales of the Macabre, Vol. 3)
One More Turn - Victorian - Psychological Horror (Read online HERE)
Mind Games - Contemporary - Psychological Horror (Available in Tales of the Macabre, Vol. 3)
Of Politeness and Protocol - Victorian - Demons (Read online HERE)
The Catfish Killer - Contemporary - Splatterpunk (Available in Tales of the Macabre, Vol. 3)
The Winter Wraiths - Victorian - Gothic (Available in Tales of the Macabre, Vol. 3)
Lassitude - Contemporary - Psychological Horror (Available in Tales of the Macabre, Vol. 3)

I also performed live readings of four stories and hope to do many more in 2025:

#42 12 Minutes (view HERE or purchase the book on Amazon HERE)

#41 The Black Box (view HERE or purchase the book on Amazon HERE)

#40 The Road Revenant (view HERE or purchase the book on Amazon HERE)

#39 The Black Widow (view HERE or purchase the book on Amazon HERE)

#38 Mind Games (view HERE or purchase the book on Amazon HERE)

Of course, the biggest news was the release of Tales of the Macabre, Vol. 3! This was an enormous success and I’m proud to add it to The Macabre Codex. Thank you for all the support and the reviews. Reviews are the number one most important method of support for an author. With an average review score of 4.5 on Amazon and 4.6 on Goodreads, it’s the highest reviewed anthology of the series!

Tales of the Macabre, Vol. 3: Eighteen Stories of Ghoulish Terror (The Macabre Codex)

Sweet screams,

Newt

New Releases

Coming up this month, I am aiming to release two new horror stories (to my beta readers reading this: I know I haven’t got them to you, but I added a new subplot and the story suddenly got longer).

7th January 2024 - Live Reading: The Grimsdyke Ghouls (Audiobook)
A Historical Cannibalism Short Story: In the shadowy caves of Grimsdyke, a young girl battles her own humanity as her family succumbs to starvation.

14th January 2024 - The Braemoor Experiment (FREE eBook)
Dr. Blake is recuperating in the quaint small town of Braemoor, but soon he will discover not all is as it seems. Something monstrous lurks amidst the townsfolk.

21st January 2024 - Live Reading: The Enigmatic Skeleton (Audiobook)

A Contemporary Serial Killer Short Story: As a detective investigates a missing person, he discovers a museum where history and horror intertwine

Horror Story Compilations

Blood Tingling Reads: 42 FREE horror stories, ‘The Enigmatic Skeleton’, ‘Ain't Nothin' But The Blues’, ‘12 Minutes’, ‘Trev Rides Forth’, ‘The Green Man’, ‘The Catfish Killer’, ‘Dark Waters’, ‘Of Politeness and Protocol’, ‘One More Turn’ and ‘Mind Games’

Heart Pounding Reads: 58 horror stories, including ‘Tales of the Macabre, Vol. 1’, ‘Tales of the Macabre, Vol. 2’, ‘Tales of the Macabre, Vol. 3.’

What I’ve Been Watching

A trio of movies with… mixed reviews:

The Requin (2022)
Scooby-Doo (2002)
Turno de Noche: El Lugar Equivocado (2024)
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If you enjoyed this email, then please consider Tales of the Macabre, Vol. 1. My first collected works on Amazon containing sixteen short stories and novellas by Newton Webb.